AJ's House Up For Sale

Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean is selling his Orlando home, located in Estates At Phillips, and it can be yours for a cool $1.95 million. The two-year-old, two-story contemporary home features 6,200 square feet of living space.

The waterfront property has six bedrooms, five full bathrooms, an in-ground screen-enclosed swimming pool, a combination study/den/library, a game room, a THX-equipped theater, a wet bar, a three-car garage, marble floors, a patio, and a boat dock. The home is being sold completely furnished, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting McLean's charitable organization, the JNN Foundation.

Rajia N. Ackley of Ackley Realty in Orlando is handling the listing. A 360-degree online tour of the home can be found at ilead.realtor.com/display/?id=12850372. Ackley told the Orlando Sentinel that McLean, who is currently engaged to girlfriend Sarah Martin, has expressed an interest in purchasing a larger property in Southern California.

A.J. McLean Confirms Engagement

Backstreet Boy AJ McLean got engaged to singer Sarah Martin. AJ first revealed the fact during a December 2001 phone interview.

In the interview, AJ told people that he wanted to propose in a unique way, so he started off by telling his girlfriend (Sarah) that he was breaking up with her. "I basically set it up where I told her that our relationship's over," he explained. "Kind of like breaking up with her in a weird kinda way. She had this freaked out look on her face. And I told her to close her eyes, and I got down on one knee. And I said, 'Open your eyes,' and I said, 'Sarah Jo Martin, will you be my wife?' And she muddled what sounded like 'yes' and she started crying." 

AJ added, "Her knees buckled. And she came down, and we're both on two knees now, sitting there hugging each other. And I'm, like, 'Well, wait! Say it again--make sure I heard you right. Please tell me that you said yes,' and she did!" 

AJ had a difficult 2001, spending time in rehab for alcohol abuse and depression, but he said that he managed to wrap up the year on a very happy note, "It's just an awesome thing, man. It really is. I see how happy Brian and Kevin are, and you know, it's just, it's my turn." 

AJ will soon be the third Backstreet Boy to tie the knot. "I just want all of our fans to be supportive and be happy like they were with Brian and with Leighanne and Kevin and Kristin. And I'm sure that they will," AJ said. "We have the most wonderful fans in the world and they've been so supportive, especially with me and with my situation. And I just want to be happy, and she makes me happy. And she keeps me sober. And it's just awesome. We're just a great couple together."

The Backstreet Boys are currently writing songs for their follow-up to 2000's Black & Blue. The group has been working with writers and producers Jermaine Dupri and Glen Ballard. Two weeks ago, groupmember Howie Dorough sat down and penned a few songs in Los Angeles with songwriter-choreographer Wade Robson, and he also collaborated with songwriter Andrew Fromm.